Re: I'd be very suprised..
If only there was something about Switzerland we could take the piss out of.
If only there was something about Switzerland we could take the piss out of.
Snow and sub-zero temperatures have caused major disruption to the sporting calendar in Britain and Ireland.
Saturday's Premier League games at Hull, Fulham, Burnley and Sunderland are off while Liverpool's game with Tottenham on Sunday has also been hit.
Six Championship games are off, only two matches survive in League One, there are none in League Two while 10 Scottish Cup ties have been postponed.
Leinster's Magners League clash against Glasgow on Friday has also gone.
Horse racing meetings across the country have been called off, and rugby union matches have also been hit.
The weather just caught us out in the end because we were confident that it could go ahead up until Thursday evening
Leinster chief executive Mick Dawson
Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures have caused problems for clubs and race courses around the UK.
In addition to safety issues for players and jockeys as a result of frozen ground, the cold spell has caused travel chaos with road closures and widespread disruption to public transport.
England's Premier League programme has five postponements so far, with Hull's game with league-leaders Chelsea being the latest game to fall foul of the weather.
Liverpool's game with Tottenham on Sunday has also been postponed.
A club spokesman said:"Although the Anfield pitch is perfectly playable for the game, the problem we face is the icy condition of the approach roads and paths in the immediate vicinity of the stadium."
Fulham were also concerned that the conditions around Craven Cottage were too dangerous for fans to get to the game with Portsmouth.
A club statement read: "Saturday's fixture against Portsmouth has been postponed due to the adverse weather conditions which are not expected to improve over the next 24 hours.
"The safety of supporters is of paramount importance and following an inspection of the areas surrounding Craven Cottage on Friday morning it was deemed unsafe for fans to travel."
Burnley's fixture with Stoke was the second top-flight game to go, with the Clarets stating the match had been postponed because of "safety reasons".
The question you can ask is, for the fairness of the Premier League, if there are two or three games postponed, should the whole day be re-scheduled?
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger
Sunderland's game with Bolton at the Stadium of Light was called off following a recommendation from the city's Safety Advisory Group, who met for a second time on Friday morning.
Safety Advisory Group chairman Ken Scott told the club's website: "Clearly the combination of a number of factors has led us to make this decision.
"The early timing has been deliberate in order to avoid many thousands of people embarking on unnecessary and potentially hazardous journeys."
Wigan have said their match with Aston Villa will go ahead, while the games at Arsenal, Birmingham and Hull are all set to go ahead provided the safety of spectators attending the fixtures can be guaranteed.
Birmingham officials met with local authority inspectors again on Friday and reiterated that they hoped their game with Manchester United would go ahead.
A Birmingham statement said: "Staff have worked around the clock to ensure the St. Andrew's walkways, car parks and other areas are clear, the undersoil heating system means there are no problems at all with the pitch."
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he understands the reasons for the postponements, but adds: "If one of 60,000 people has an accident, you feel very guilty and nobody accepts anymore that the slightest insecurity could exist in our society and that is why the games are postponed when there is no real need for it."
Wenger has also argued that if more fixtures are called off, there is a case for the other matches on that day to go as well.
"The question you can ask is, for the fairness of the Premier League, if there are two or three games postponed, should the whole day be re-scheduled?," he said.
"Because if you play one team now who fights not to go down, and you play them again in May when they are already safe or already down, it is not the same game. That is where you can argue it is not fair sometimes for the competition."
With icy pavements and roads becoming a serious issue, Sheffield Wednesday decided to take the decision to call off their Championship game with Peterborough.
Full list of football fixtures
Preston have also called off their game against Doncaster as have Watford for the visit of Sheffield United and Reading for the game with Championship leaders Newcastle, while Swansea's trip to Middlesbrough and QPR's home game against Plymouth are also postponed.
However, West Brom remain confident that Friday night's game against Championship promotion rivals Nottingham Forest will go ahead.
The club say that the under-soil heating should make the pitch playable and they have hired snow ploughs, gritters and extra manpower to clear the snow and ice from the stadium and all areas they are responsible for.
Ten games are off in League One, including third-placed Charlton's match against Hartlepool, Bristol Rovers' clash with Stockport, and Southend v Walsall.
In League Two, Cheltenham's clash with Hereford, Northampton's contest againstChesterfield, Dagenham and Redbridge's game at Torquay and Rotherham's fixture with Bournemouth are among the games postponed.
Sub-zero temperatures have followed days of heavy snow across the country, with UK-wide severe weather warnings of ice in place, with temperatures staying near freezing.
There will be no National Hunt racing until next week, with Friday's meeting at Fontwell and Saturday's National Hunt fixtures at Wincanton and Ffos Las among those called off.
Monday's National Hunt fixture at Taunton has been abandoned due to frost and snow as well as the meeting at Ayr which is off due to a frozen track.
And the weather has also claimed Tuesday's meeting at Newcastle.
Saturday's Guinness Premiership rugby clash between Sale and top-of-the-table Saracens has been postponed because of fears for fans' safety on their way to the stadium.
Tigers battle to prepare ground for Wasps
Saturday's games between Worcester and London Irish, Bath and Northampton and Leeds' trip to Harlequins, together with Sunday's match between Newcastle and Gloucester have also fallen foul of the weather.
Worcester's match was called off on Friday afternoon with a Premier Rugby statement explaining: "Despite the pitch having been covered since the conclusion of Warriors' Boxing Day match against Northampton, the wind has picked up and got underneath the covers, causing areas of the pitch to freeze."
Leicester have switched Saturday's kick-off time from 1730 to 1515 GMT for the visit of Wasps at the request of Premier Rugby.
Friday night's Magners League match between Ulster and the Ospreys has been postponed because of a frozen pitch, as has Connacht's game against Newport Gwent Dragons and the match between Leinster and Glasgow.
Leinster chief executive Mick Dawson said: "Unfortunately the pitch is unplayable despite a huge amount of effort made by the RDS groundstaff over the last week to get the game played.
"The weather just caught us out in the end because we were confident that it could go ahead up until Thursday evening.
"Following Garda and health and safety advice, we had to consider supporters travelling to the game from the far reaches of Leinster and beyond as well as the safety of the players as the roads and pathways around the ground are also treacherous."
Sunday's rugby league pre-season friendly between Huddersfield and Halifax, which was to be England forward Eorl Crabtree's testimonal match has also been called off.
There are also serious doubts over all of the Carnegie Challenge Cup preliminary round ties scheduled for Saturday.